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It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn...
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I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.
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You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.
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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
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I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.
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I suppose the other thing too many forget is that we were all stories once, each and every one of us. And we remain stories. But too often we allow those stories to grow banal, or cruel or unconnected to each other.We allow the stories to continue, but they no longer have a heart. They no longer sustain us.
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The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important."- Jilly Coppercorn
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I love this world … That is what rules my life. When I die, I want to have done all in my power to leave it in a better state than it was in when I found it. At the same time I know that this can never be. The world has grown so complex that one voice can do little to alter it any longer. That doesn't stop me from doing what I can but it makes the task hard. The successes are so small, the failures so large and many. It's like trying to stem a storm with one's bare hands.
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Life's like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
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You're confusing me.
But not deliberately so, Coyote says. Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
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He had seen trances before — wise men far in the east, who could feign death; a herbwife as she bent over her patient, searching for invisible hurts.
But this was different. He could sense something here, within the circle cast by the light of the fire. A presence.
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I've always had these bouts of depression; I hide them well but doesn't mean they aren't there. … I didn't have anyone around for whom I had to put on a cheerful mask. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.
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Legend and myth are what we use to describe what we don't comprehend. They are out attempts to make the impossible, possible — at least insofar as our spirits interact with the spirit of the world, or if that is too animistic for you, then let's use Jung's terminology and call it our racial subconscious. No matter the semantics, they are of a kind and it is legend and myth that binds us all together. … Through them, through their retellings, and through those version that are called religion while they are current, we are taught Truth and we attempt to understand Mystery.
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It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Charles de Lint
Born:
December 22, 1951
(age 72)
Bio:
Charles de Lint is a Canadian writer of Dutch origins. In 1974 he met MaryAnn Harris, and married her in 1980. They live in Canada.
Known for:
Moonheart (1984)
The Onion Girl (2001)
Memory & Dream (1994)
Someplace to Be Flying (1998)
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
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